Hand-book of dental anatomy and surgery for the use of students and practitioners / by John Smith.

  • Smith, John.
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Hand-book of dental anatomy and surgery for the use of students and practitioners / by John Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    remedy. In caries, the tooth may frequently be saved, provided the disease be treated early, by the cavity being filled np and protected in the manner afterwards to ife described under the head of Stopping. f Alveolar abscess or gum-boil arises from the periosteum lining the alveolus becoming in- flamed, and suppurati^P The matter makes its way through the alveolar wall, and lodges be- neath the gum, forming the swelling character- istic of this disease. Among other causes, the irritation set up by decayed teeth is a prolific source of such affection. Warm fomentations, and opening the abscess, may here act as a pal- liative remedy, but the proper measure is extrac- tion, as, by continuous irritation, such cases are apt to lead to sinus opening on the cheek, &c. Another affection, also in most cases demand- ing extraction, is where Fungus of the pulp occurs, and appears as a red pouting mass pro- truding from the orifice, or projecting into the bottom of deep and large cavities in teeth where caries has been of long standing. Touching the mass with nitrate of silver may occasionally lead to its disappearance, but removal of the tooth is here also the more certain cure.